Hair dressing appliance



Feb. 7, I A 'H 5 1,896,866

HAIR DRESSING APPLIANCE Filed Jan. 22, 1952 [wen 03 6903* e 01- liijkne g, Z) MWZ Patented Feb. 7, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GEORGE A. HOLMES, or NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 'A ssrGnon To A UNITED-CARR FASTENER CORPORATION, or CAMBRIDGE, mnssnonusnrrs, A CORPORATION or MASSACHUSETTS HAIR DRESSING AIEPLIANGE Application filed January 22, 1932." SeriaINo. 588,095.

My invention aims to provide improvements in hair dressing appliances.

In the drawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of my invention Figure 1 is a plan view of a device embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a part elevation and part section of one end of the device adjacent to a fastener and showing the position of the parts when the fastener members are fully interengaged;

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the fastener parts in position for engagement and disengagement; and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the socket member of the fastening means.

Referring now to the specific embodiment of my device illustrated by the drawing, I have shown a hair dressing appliance which in many respects is like that shown in the United States Letters Patent No. 1,753,314, issued to Louis M. Noto April 8, 1930. My invention is an improvement on the fastening means used in combination with the parts of the hair dressing device, thereby providing positively interlocking simple fastening means.

There hasbeen some objection to the device shown in the above mentioned patent since ordinary snap fasteners were used and,

therefore, could be separated by a direct.

axial pressure exerted between the parts by the hair. My fastening means prevents accidental separation when the device is in use and, therefore, is highly desirable for a successful use of the device.

My improved device as illustrated in the drawing has two relatively long, narrow pieces 1 and 2 superposed and preferably normally assuming a circular shape (Fig. 1) when not in use but having free ends whereby the strips may be bent or sprung to fit the head of a person when in use. The strip 1 is made of suitable flexible material capable of bending but not stretching. The strip 2 is made of elastic material capable of bending with the strip 1 and stretching lengthwise relative to the strip 1.

Fastening members are used to secure the strips together and these preferably comprise separable fasteners securing the ends of the strips together. At the middle of the strips 1 and 2 lengthwise they are permanently secured by means of a rivet 3 or other-suitable element. The separable fasteners used at the,

ends of the strip include a stud member 4 secured to the strip 1 in any suitable manner and shaped to provide a relatively flat head 5, a neck 6 and a shoulder? between the head tegral attaching prongs 9 at the ends extend ing through the material of the strip 2 and upset at the opposite side. Thus the plate may be secured to the under side of the strip 2 which is clamped between the plate and the upset ends'of the prongs 9, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The plate forms a socket and has a keyhole slot. The enlarged portion 10 (Fig. 4) of the slot is large enough to permit free passage of the head 5 of the stud and the long narrow portion 11 permits the neck 6 to slide therein but prevents the head-passing through by direct axial movement.

In using the device the sockets 8 are disengaged from the studs 4 to free the strip 2 from the strip 1. Then the wearer places the band about the back of the neck and the loose ends ofthe hairare placed over the strip 1 as desired. Thereafter the loops 12 at the ends of the strip 2 are grasped and pulled enter the enlarged portions 10 of the apertures. Then as the loops 12 are released the tension in the strip 2 moves the plates 8 from a position shown in Fig. 3 to a position shown in Fig. 2, thereby securely interlocking the fasteners. Thereafter any outward pressure exerted. upon the strip 2 cannot disengage the fasteners while the device is in use, be cause disengagement can be effected only by pulling on the loops 12 first longitudinally relativeto the strip 1 and thenoutwardly.

My improved socket pieces are simple, inexpensive, durable and provide the means for effecting improvements in the use of the structure by having positive interlock with the studs and the elasticity of the strip 2 0perates to hold the fastener parts in interlocked engagement.

While I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited thereby, because the scope of my invention is best defined by the following claim.

I claim: p t

A hair dressing appliance comprising, in combination, a pair of relatively long, narrow, superposed pieces, one of said pieces being longitudinally extensible relative to the other, fastening members securing said pieces together at predetermined intervals, and one of said fastening members comprising a stud member secured to oneof said pieces and a stud-receiving socket member secured to the other of said pieces, said stud-receiving socket having a keyhole slot arranged toreceive the stud through the larger portion thereof only when the extensible piece is ex-' tended relative to the other piece and to re- 1 ceive and hold the stud againstseparation by movement axially of the stud when the stud 5 ispulledinto the smaller portion of the keyhole slot by contraction of the extensible piece and said stud-receiving member having integral attaching means engaging one of the said pieces to hold it in fixed engagement therewith. i

In testimony whereof, I have signed my nameto this specification.

V GEORGE, A. HOLMES; 

